Iron Man

                In 2008 the first installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe came out. This movie was Iron Man. It starred Robert Downey Jr playing as Tony Stark. It was produced by Marvel Studios and was based on the Marvel Comics. This movie was the first in three Iron Man movies that were made.

                Tony Stark was a genius who inherited Stark Industries from his father. This company created weapons that were very deadly and sold to the United States military. Tony is in Afghanistan showing off his new Jericho missile when he gets captured by a terrorist group known as the Ten Rings. He has to have an electromagnet put into his chest to keep shrapnel from hitting his heart. The leader of the terrorist group promises to let Tony Stark go if he builds a Jericho missile for them.  However Tony doesn’t trust him and decides to build himself a suit of armor.

                Before he does build himself the suit of armor he creates an electric generator called an arc reactor. He uses this reactor to power his electromagnet and to power his suit. He uses his suit to fight his way out and fly away but ends up crashing in a desert.  He gets rescued and when he gets home he decides to build an improved version of his suit and his arc reactor.

                Tony Stark uses his armor to attack the Ten Rings. While he is flying home he is attacked by 2 jets. He calls Rhodes, the soldier who rescued him, and reveals his identity in an attempt to stop the attack. While this is happening the Ten Rings are gathering the pieces from Tony’s original suit.

                The Ten Rings meet with Stane, Stark’s company manager, and he creates a new suit using these pieces. However Stane needs an arc reactor so he breaks into Tony’s home and takes the reactor out of his chest. Tony manages to crawl to his original reactor and plug that one in. Stane and Tony fight in their suits but since Tony is using his old reactor his suit isn’t at 100%. However Tony manages to defeat Stane by getting him on top of the Stark Industries building and telling his assistant to overload the arc reactor that is there. A massive electrical surge knocks Stane into the reactor which kills him. The next day Tony announces to the world that he is Iron Man.

                Iron Man is one of my favorite movies that I have ever seen. Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark very well. Tony Stark is portrayed as a cocky, rich guy and Robert Downey Jr. does that very well. However he also shows that Tony Stark goes through a very emotional journey. The rest of the movie was done great as well. The fighting sequences were really cool and the CGI was done very well. All in all this was a great movie and excellent start to a really good trilogy.

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